Alt.CES: Dale Dougherty Gives Edu Conference Keynote
Dale just finished his keynote at the Education Conference at CES. He rocked the room, inspired the attendees, talked about kits, education, and the maker movement.
Month: January 2012
Alt.CES: Swarming Micro Air Vehicles
These flying swarmbots would fall under the category of things that aren’t at CES but we wish were. Maybe next year? They are part of a project at the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland to explore large aerial robot swarms.
EMSL on the Zener Diode
I loved reading Windell Oskay’s Zener diode tutorial. It’s fascinating stuff and Windell describes the technology in his usual easy-to-understand style. Check it out! Zener diodes are a special type of semiconductor diode– devices that allow current to flow in one direction only –that also allow current to flow in the opposite direction, but only […]
How-To: Door Corner Shelf
I love unique ideas for utilizing corner spaces, and this door corner shelf tutorial from Linda at Craftaholics Anonymous is a great way to recycle an old door and turn it into an eye-catching statement piece. I’m loving the bold paint job, and the vintage glass doorknob replica is the perfect finishing touch!
Make a Tuning Fork – ReMaking History
To complement his ReMaking History column in MAKE Volume 29, Bill Gurstelle shows you how to make a tuning fork with some simple tools and a strip of aluminum.
Soviet-Era Graphics Scrapbook
Vintage Russian ephemera is one of my favorite things, so I was instantly mesmerized by pictures of this curious little scrapbook that was discovered in a junk store in Tajikistan by visual artist Paul Prudence. Within it were pages with collaged panels containing imagery ranging from depictions of cosmonauts, political figures, musical iconography and political […]
The Diagram as Self Portrait
Korean artist Minjeong An has several more works in this vein, but Self-Portrait (2007), shown here, is my favorite.